· · · 1 1 I• I ' i j j I I l I j j i ·_ -- • ·-- · ·' 9' ' -- t - r · · - · - _ - - · - ' _ · - ·· • •• ·· · •·· • ·· ·· _ _ • ·· ••• _ · · - ·o· '· · · · · •••'· • ·•··t • · • · · srer Er - MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT Meeting with the President Thursday 11 March 1976 8 15 to 8 50 a m Each of the items on the attached sheet were covered •· I talked to him about my European trip and told him that I woul d like to report to him when I get back on the state of play with our foreign intelligence services I was somewhat worried about coopera- tion not by the services but by people abroad genera ly and by the effect that the hearings may have had on our relationships and though officially things were in good shape there were some indications that some of those who have cooperated with us have been enuinel concerned I told him I would notify 1 ese v1s1 s e State Department could be informed f China We talked about the need to get the information from Nixon The matter was still rather dicey and tense I showed him the cable The President rea e en re c e that China was indeed trying to send a signal to us that they wanted good relations etc Following the meeting I had a discussion with Scowcroft and Buchen on Freedom of Information problems that relate to the release of the President's written report from Nixon The report of the conversations can be classified but there is some question as to Nixon's observations being classified To all concerned I keep insist ng that we get access to the informat on The problem apparently is that Nixon will only talk to either Scowcroft Kissinger or me Time will APPROVED FOR RELEASE DATE MAR 1999 -------·- -·---- - - _ __ ___ _ __ _ I I • I take care of this and I suggested to Scowcroft that after we receive the written report this would be a good peg on which to hang a visit to Nixon and we can get the matter back into foreign affairs channels and hopefully out of political contro versy 1· Israel We discussed the separation and diversion issue I warned the President that it could get political 1· Senate Hearings I reported to him that my two hearings before the Appropriations Committee had gone pretty well 5 Pike Flap I assured him we wanted to low-key it--get it out of the papers and simply get the documents back I made it very clear to him that Rogovin would never have said a statement like he was accused of trying to get Pike in his District I told him that in my view Pike had changed very much or at least was under great pressure over the leaked report etc so that he had changed now from the guy that he and I had worked with in the House I assured him we were interested only in getting the documents back and that I would work with the Speaker and would not try to get this matter hypoed in any way - I mentioned possible coups in Thailand Argentina and Peru 1 we talked about the building for the Intelligence C0Jm1unity Staff We are honing in on the Selective Service building although no decision has been made -The President asked how I liked my job I told him that I liked it very much was getting good support and that I felt the whole matter would work I told him that this might come as a surprise to him and that though I was obviously interested in the elections that I found I was picking up the paper and looking at items of much more direct concern and only glancing at the political content of the paper I'm not sure he believed this but it is certainly true 2 -------- • •' • I •··· I I A T it I told him these meetings were very very important to the entire Intelligence Corm1unity The President is relaxed and is always most gracious with his time and interested 3 George Bush Director